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The director of the Census Bureau is resigning on Wednesday, following increasing calls from key Democratic lawmakers that he step aside, or be removed by Biden, after a memo from the Commerce Department's OIG. (And @Tierney_Megan had it first!) politico.com/news/2021/01/18…
If Trump's attempts to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census wasn't dead yet, it is now. In a court case over the accuracy of the decennial count, the Census Bureau agreed to not release any data until after Joe Biden is inaugurated politico.com/news/2021/01/16…
Key Democratic lawmakers are calling on the director of the census bureau to resign — or be removed by Biden once he takes office. And ex-directors are deeply critical of the situation the bureau found itself in. The latest from me and @lbarronlopezpolitico.com/news/2021/01/15…
Scoop: Two sources said Biden is also throwing his weight behind Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a major surrogate for him during the general election, as a high-profile vice chair. politico.com/news/2021/01/14…
w/ @ccadelago & @natashakorecki
Norton finished a distant third in the open GOP primary to now-Rep. Meijer in #MI03. But I imagine he's filing to challenge Meijer in light of the congressman's impeachment vote